16 Apr 1908
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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1908
Page
1
In a fragment from April Century era, Elizabeth Whiting contemplates trust and enduring letters amid fire and change. The verse laments alien eyes and dust, praising resilience as growth emerges from heartache and alchemy of loss. The tone preserves period sensibilities and intimate, reflective voice.
An assortment of quoted remarks on language and manners from Princeton faculty and a Philadelphia lawyer, followed by a note on Garfield Tea and a sporadic paragraph about doctors and a fallible English prose critique. It includes discussions of obscurity in teaching, social habits, and the quirks of 19th century print culture with a brief local-caricature note on a new Carlsbad spring and health resort.
A Michigan woman writes that a $300 medical chase failed for six years due to bad eating of fatty foods and pork. After using Grape-Nuts, she reports rapid improvement, weight gain, and better health, urging others to try the product and crediting Postum Co for publication. The letter stresses the emotional loss of health equal to money and promotes proper nutrition as remedy.
A wounded young man awakens aboard a ship to find Mistress Anne and Mistress Bertram guiding him. Richard Bertie of Lincolnshire introduces himself and Katherine, Duchess of Suffolk, as they shelter him from danger, planning to travel to Holland while remaining hidden in wartime.
A Milwaukee manufacturer showcases a vast factory jokingly called a sleep mill. He demonstrates devices claimed to induce sleep in insomniacs, including mirror-studded fans, slumber halls, a calming ball, an artery clamp device, a mild spine current battery, and general production touted as meeting modern urban nerves. He asserts 500 workers and links the venture to twentieth century civilization.
Fragmentary verse from the Lae Pai Mall Gazette reflecting a plea for sight into another's heart and a merged gaze toward tomorrow and eternity. The text presents archaic spelling and poetic imagery in a cryptic lament about fear, bitterness, and union.
A sensational engagement reveal plan proposes lavender satin table covering a damp sand center with white roses, a cupid statue, and lavender candles. Guests receive a telegram from Cupid claiming two hearts bound, while the hostess names the engaged pair amid staged excitement.
Fashion notes describe spring and summer trends for babies and children. Dainty daisies and flame and watermelon shades top trends, skirts lie soft with no stiffening, gray broadens as a smart shade, and straw hats resemble mini sunbonnets for toddlers. The Angerle waist gains popularity in many guises, elbow sleeves remain fashionable, and new tulle bows with light embroidery appear. Children’s dresses introduce colored fabrics into white, church gowns feature long trains, house weddings vary, long sleeves return for brides and bridesmaids, white and blue enamel buckles appear on dark dresses, and princess jumpers pair with lawn or batiste tops, shifting from cloth to silks later.
A compact, period tone poem excerpt describes wild geese flight along a turquoise sea and palm lagoons. They heed no beacon yet follow a northern lure as storms and calms mingle, yielding to an inescapable delight and springtime rapture.
An advertisement extols health products praised by physicians and the world, highlighting the value of ethical remedies. It urges buying the genuine Syrup of Figs and Senna manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. and sold by leading druggists, claiming worldwide approval and universal beneficial effects.
Professor Wrru Frear of Pennsylvania State College discussed in Harrisburg 83 breakfast foods tested for the government. He said most were good and taste tests were pleasurable, not work. A Bellefonte boy’s tale, about babysitting, is quoted as a humorous aside.
Mrs FT Matanbiugh of Duncannon Pennsylvania describes severe spring kidney sickness with smothering spells and kidney sediment pain. She credits Dean's Kidney Pills for relief after eight boxes, saying they restored her to health. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sold at 60 cents a box.
A brief Cleveland Leader snippet humorously portrays Willie, a child in a cam, crying out to be sprayed as his mother accuses him of wearing stockings inside out. The lighthearted exchange ends with a wry note predicting he may become a newspaper humorist.
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